From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 23:34:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0041237B401 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:34:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57DBF43FAF for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:34:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <2003061006344700200dm1mde>; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:34:47 +0000 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:34:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Patrik Forsberg In-Reply-To: <8F69143C0B1A9F4D95AFC58CF69877E501354AB0@exhsto1.se.dataphone.com> Message-ID: <20030609232644.U23396@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <8F69143C0B1A9F4D95AFC58CF69877E501354AB0@exhsto1.se.dataphone.com> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org cc: Support Subject: RE: Updating Ports on Production Servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:34:49 -0000 If you're installing stuff on production servers, you probably want to build a package on a trusted system, then ship the package out to the production servers and use pkg_add/pkg_delete. Building ports on individual machines generally doesn't scale, and adding portupgrade to that mix is destined to complicate things rather dramatically. Hope this helps, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection